wavyleaf soap plant ~ 12/25/11 ~ Jacks Peak

wavyleaf soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, & Liliaceae)

Edited 01/03/12 - I originally posted this as a sprout of Fremont's star-lily, but thanks to my commenters, I've corrected the ID above. It's been a goal of mine to track the seasonal evidence of both death camas, aka Fremont's star-lily, and soap plant, especially in areas where they literally grow from the same spot of ground like at Jacks Peak. I've made a fuss about how several online sites have them mixed up, and I've admitted I get them confused, too, when they only have green leaves - the flowers are too distinctive to ever get them mixed up. I've now concluded that death camas is an early flowerer compared to 3-4 months later in the season soap plant.

wavyleaf soap plant ~ 08/04/11 ~ Jacks Peak

wavyleaf soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum
Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, & Liliaceae)

posted 01/03/12 - This is the exact area I photographed death camas back on February 11, 2011. When I took these pictures, especially the middle one above, I truly believed I had finally captured both soap plant and death camas together. Now that I've had the space of time to look at the pictures, all the fallen leaves look like wavyleaf soap plant.

wavyleaf soap plant ~ 02/11/11 ~ Jacks Peak

wavyleaf soap plant

Chlorogalum pomeridianum var. pomeridianum

Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, & Liliaceae)

posted 01/05/12 - Once again, thanks to Nature of a Man blogger randomtruth based on his comment, I moved the above photo from my original death camas post.

If you look closely at this picture you can see evidence of browsing (all my newer Nature ID pics can be clicked on for a larger and zoomed photo view).

wavyleaf soap plant ~ 07/25/10 ~ Washington Park

wavyleaf soap plant
Chlorogalum pomeridianum
Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, & Liliaceae)

posted 07/30/11 - Last year I missed the blooms on this soap plant as it was likely too early in the day. Since the flowers only last one night, I wonder how long it takes before the seeds form. Without a plant list, I don't know which 2 of the 3 varieties this would be. Both var. divaricatum and var. pomeridianum are found in Monterey County.

wavyleaf soap plant & sun cup ~ 03/07/10 ~ Wilder Ranch

wavyleaf soap plant and sun cup
Chlorogalum pomeridianum and Camissonia ovata
Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae, Hyacinthaceae, & Liliaceae) and Onagraceae

posted 07/30/11 - I'm posting this as evidence that I've seen soap plant growing just down the trail from where death camas also grows.

chaparral yucca ~ 05/28/09 ~ Los Padres Dam

chaparral yucca

Hesperoyucca whipplei
Agavaceae

The blooming yuccas were extraordinary on the hillsides, like big white torches, but were too far away to take a good pic. We think the last pic above is of a burnt yucca stem base leftover from the fire.